Time in the brain doesn't follow the steady ticking of the world's most precise clocks. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Time in ...

On some days, time flies by, while on others it seems to drag on. A new study from JNeurosci reveals why: time-sensitive neurons get worn out and skew our perceptions of time. Neurons in the ...

Do you feel like time is slipping through your fingers as you age? Have you ever been in a situation where time seems to stand still? The enigma of time perception has been a subject of interest for ...

For the first time, scientists have been able to establish that our perception of the passing of time can independently influence how a wound will heal. While preliminary, this novel study opens the ...

They called these variabilities in perception "temporal wrinkles." "The heartbeat is a rhythm that our brain is using to give us our sense of time passing, and that is not linear—it is constantly ...

The pandemic did something strange to our sense of time. For Ruth Ogden, lockdown spent confined to her 3-bedroom duplex in Manchester, England, with a newborn and two boys home from school, "was like ...

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Researchers have long assumed that the brain controls our sense of time. A new study suggests the heart plays an important role. By Ellen Barry It is a truism that ...